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The Treasury Department announced on Friday that it will indefinitely suspend sales of state and local government securities beginning at noon on March 13 because of the federal debt limit.
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Bond insurers' fourth-quarter results underscored the obstacle posed by low interest rates as they look to rebuild market share seven years after the financial crisis.
March 6
- Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority has extended Bond Anticipation Notes due with two banks by two months.
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Bond Dealers of America has tapped Steve Genyk, a managing director and the head of fixed income capital markets at Janney Montgomery Scott, as the new chairman of its board for fiscal 2015, which started March 1.
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U.S. inflationary pressures were up slightly in February, as the U.S. future inflation gauge grew to 102.0 from a revised January 101.9 reading, first reported as 102.5, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.
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Bond lawyers are warning their issuer clients that they are operating at their own peril if they do not spend their bond proceeds in a timely fashion, since Internal Revenue Service agents in audits are raising concerns about proceeds that are spent late or not spent at all.
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Municipal bond volume continues to surge, with the biggest new issue slate of 2015 set to be priced next week.
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Non-farm payrolls rose by 295,000 in February and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5% from 5.7% in in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
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With federal government offices in the D.C. area having a delayed open Friday, release of economic indicators are expected to be delayed slightly.
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Mar. 6, 2015 Far West: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alaska Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.14 1.31 2.13 2.97 California Aa3/A/A 0.17 1.43 2.38 3.26 Hawaii Aa2/AA/AA 0.15 1.42 2.28 3.13 Idaho Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.14 1.4 2.26 3.11 Montana Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.14 1.39 2.27 3.13 Nevada Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.17 1.44 2.3 3.17 Oregon Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.14 1.34 2.18 3.05 Washington Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.16 1.44 2.32 3.2 Wyoming NR/AAA/NR 0.14 1.38 2.18 3.02
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3/5/2015 2/26/2015 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000) Alaska 0 $0 1 $17,390 -$17,390 California 17 900,835 12 493,970 406,865 Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 0 0 0 0 0 Montana 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada 1 179,720 1 182,425 ?2,705 Oregon 2 273,670 2 51,500 222,170 Washington 1 2,300 4 42,945 ?40,645 Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0
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Mikhail Foux who has spent the past eight years at Citigroup, is leaving to be the head of municipal bond strategy at Barclays Capital, according to a person with first-hand knowledge of the move.
March 5 - Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico legislature is considering amendments to Puerto Rico's planned oil tax bond to make it more attractive to investors.
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